Supporting Transfer Success: u.select for Degree Completion

1. Supporting Transfer Success: u.select for Degree Completion PRESENTED BY: Lois Bishop, DePaul University Agnes Szemborski, Harper College Marilyn Marshall, University of Illinois Dena Lawrence, u.select Illinois

2. Who We Are Harper College – a public community college DePaul University – a private 4-year university University of Illinois – a public 4-year university and u.select grant recipient u.select Illinois – an IBHE grant-funded initiative to provide statewide online transfer advising tool

3. Agenda • Context of Transfer in IL • Overview of u.select Illinois • Creation of a Partnership • Using u.select at Harper College • Using u.select at DePaul University • Lessons learned • Q&A

4. Illinois Public Agenda • “One of the recommendations under Goal 3 of the Illinois Public Agenda is to strengthen articulation through stable funding and expansion of transfer tools such as the Illinois Articulation Initiative and u.select.”

5. Top 100 Colleges & Universities Transfer Students 2011 US News & World Report

6. Comparison of Transfer To by Sector

7. Comparison of transfer fromby sector

8. System of Interfaces with Students Advisors Agreements Policy Information Tools Websites u.select Transfer Coordinators students iTransfer IAI Course to Course 2 + 2’s

9. u.select Illinois • Launched in 2002 • Illinois Participating Institutions • 12 Public Universities • 48 Community Colleges • 7 Independent Institutions • Various levels of implementation • Licensed by IBHE grant • Supported by ICCB, iTransfer and participating institutions • Representative Advisory Committee • Facilitates ICCB Articulation Process

10. u.select, the Tool • Allows students to access degree requirements online. • Enables students to run a personalized planning guide and monitor their progress toward degree completion. • Provides a common source for transfer information to counselors, advisors, faculty and students. • Allows 2- and 4-year counselors to access their transfer students information in u.select.

11. Where is u.selct? u.select is the statewide system in: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Ohio and Wisconsin

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13. How Do We Create Successful Transfer Programs? • “Success” is defined as helping students transfer and graduate. • Eliminate reliance on static, printed transfer agreements. • Transfer agreements should involve the multiple entities impacting students. • Successful transfer programs should benefit all so they will be supported, promoted and sustained.

14. Case Study • Community Colleges provide students with the associate degree and the first two years of the bachelor’s degree. • u.select is used to facilitate transfer advising to effectively and efficiently assist students in achieving their educational goals. • Baccalaureate institutions build on that foundation to provide the students a degree in their chosen major. • Student is the beneficiary.

15. DePaul University • 114 years of urban, Catholic, Vincentian tradition • Today, enrollment of 25,000 students • 10 colleges and 5 campuses in Chicagoland area • Largest & fastest growing Catholic university in U.S. • 9th largest private not-for-profit university

16. DePaul Admission Partnership Program (DAPP) • DAPP was created to increase the services and programs for our transfer students by building on our existing relationships, internally and externally. • DAPP is a program for students who choose to begin their DePaul bachelor’s degree at a community college. • External relationships included Harper College and u.select. • Multiple offices and departments within DePaul have active roles in DAPP.

17. Harper College • Comprehensive community college serving communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago • 16,000 students enrolled • 7 Associate Degrees and various Certificates available • Nearly 50% of students intend to transfer to a 4-year college and complete a baccalaureate degree

18. Harper’s Use of u.select in Transfer Advising • u.select provides access to the most up-to-date and accurate information for prospective transfer students • students can see how their courses will transfer, view remaining degree requirements, and get the course numbers to fulfill those remaining requirements • Takes the guesswork out of transfer planning

19. www.harpercollege.edu/transfer

20. Sample Planning Guide Harper student working toward DePaul Degree

21. u.select and IAI • IAI incorporated • Tool used by students and advisors • Evaluate coursework for Gen Ed requirements: • Process coursework from multiple institutions • Against IAI approved courses

22. Contact Information • Lois Bishop LBishop5@depaul.edu • Dena Lawrence denalawr@uillinois.edu • Marilyn Marshall mmmurphy@uillinois.edu • Agnes Szemborski aszembor@harpercollege.edu